greatcoat
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The king, wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, including a grey greatcoat against the cold, laid a wreath featuring 41 open-style fabric poppies.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
The two minutes' silence that falls after Big Ben sounds sees faces long with memory and grief, none more so than the King, a single poppy blazing out from the blue-grey lapel of his greatcoat.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
Not to mention Sergio Hudson’s way with proportion, seen in tone-on-tone red trousers with just a bit of flare, matching turtleneck, sweeping greatcoat and belt with a big circular gold buckle.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
In the latest shot, the Hound can be seen clasping his greatcoat close to his chest as snow and hail envelopes his party.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2017
And one day he brought home a baby girl, wrapped up inside his brown western-style greatcoat.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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